Ive been offered to buy a wrx sti off a mates mate 53 plate very good condition 80k wants 5k now its in my mate garage atm was told the neutral switch was faulty so they changes it and its still coming up with the eml when acceleration is pressed hardish now the codes bringing up the oil control valve my mates told me offer him 4500 and fix it myself but im struggleing to find a oil control valve for a 2003 sti i can only find them for 2006 onwards am i missing somthing or would it be better to let him fix it and pay the 5k as he said he was going to order part and that was 4weeks ago so cars sat in garage as they waiting for him to bring the part in. Any help would be great cheers chaps

 

Send me your vin number I'll get you the part number and if you want I can also order the correct one for your car I've two coming for a customer from japan £149 plus vat each

 

Is that the only thing that can be causing it is it worth buying it n fixing it myself or risky ?

 

what code is coming up mate? is it p1308? my car is a 53plate STI on 79000 funnily enough and i currently have an issue with one of my oil control valve solenoids. its part of the avcs. I have an open circuit, code p1308. hopefully going to test it this weekend to make sure its actually the oil control valve that's faulty.